The Most Famous

Actors from Denmark

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This page contains a list of the greatest Danish Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 13,578 Actors, 50 of which were born in Denmark. This makes Denmark the birth place of the 25th most number of Actors behind Ukraine and Pakistan.

Top 10

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Danish Actors of all time. This list of famous Danish Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Danish Actors.

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1. Asta Nielsen (1881 - 1972)

With an HPI of 73.31, Asta Nielsen is the most famous Danish Actor.   biography has been translated into 61 different languages on wikipedia.

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2. Mads Mikkelsen (b. 1965)

With an HPI of 71.36, Mads Mikkelsen is the 2nd most famous Danish Actor.   biography has been translated into 63 different languages.

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3. Anna Karina (1940 - 2019)

With an HPI of 71.07, Anna Karina is the 3rd most famous Danish Actor.   biography has been translated into 48 different languages.

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4. Giancarlo Esposito (b. 1958)

With an HPI of 67.21, Giancarlo Esposito is the 4th most famous Danish Actor.   biography has been translated into 44 different languages.

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5. Connie Nielsen (b. 1965)

With an HPI of 66.55, Connie Nielsen is the 5th most famous Danish Actor.   biography has been translated into 43 different languages.

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6. Erik Bruhn (1928 - 1986)

With an HPI of 66.45, Erik Bruhn is the 6th most famous Danish Actor.   biography has been translated into 36 different languages.

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7. Jesper Christensen (b. 1948)

With an HPI of 65.75, Jesper Christensen is the 7th most famous Danish Actor.   biography has been translated into 23 different languages.

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8. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (b. 1970)

With an HPI of 64.42, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is the 8th most famous Danish Actor.   biography has been translated into 50 different languages.

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9. Annette Stroyberg (1936 - 2005)

With an HPI of 61.29, Annette Stroyberg is the 9th most famous Danish Actor.   biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

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10. Jean Hersholt (1886 - 1956)

With an HPI of 60.73, Jean Hersholt is the 10th most famous Danish Actor.   biography has been translated into 29 different languages.

People

Pantheon has 50 people classified as Danish actors born between 1812 and 1994. Of these 50, 34 (68.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Danish actors include Mads Mikkelsen, Giancarlo Esposito, and Connie Nielsen. The most famous deceased Danish actors include Asta Nielsen, Anna Karina, and Erik Bruhn. As of April 2024, 5 new Danish actors have been added to Pantheon including Peter Mygind, Nicolas Bro, and Ann Eleonora Jørgensen.

Living Danish Actors

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Deceased Danish Actors

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Newly Added Danish Actors (2025)

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Overlapping Lives

Which Actors were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 15 most globally memorable Actors since 1700.

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